September 27, 2025, 2am MDT
Brother Sean R. Dixon brings a wealth of personal, professional and ecclesiastical experience and insights as he begins his service as the second counselor for the new Young Men General President.
Individuals include reading the Book of Mormon, receiving testimony that grows at the age of 14, and learning to avoid the pain of youthful perfectionism in favor of focusing on Jesus Christ and His tone sin.
The expert has been working in the church education system for over 30 years, particularly as a seminary teacher and administrator. And he shared such service and opportunities with his wife, sister M’shelle Dixon.
And the church includes the service of Brother Dixon as a young full-time missionary and later as president of the California Redlands Mission.
I’m looking at the Lord
Brothers Dixon said they wanted to encourage, nurture and strengthen the youth of the church and their leaders.
Brother Dixon looks after the many voices that can compete for attention from his peers to social media, which can cause distractions and confusion, and hope that young people can learn to trust the right voice, spirit, parents, church leaders – and listen to their leadership.
He explicitly chose the roles and blessings of modern prophets and apostles. “The prophet will lead the young man to Jesus Christ,” he said. “The ultimate goal is not the Prophet (President Russell M. Nelson), but the Savior. But the Prophet faces the Savior and if they follow him, they prepare for what they will experience in their lives.”
The new young male general president (including the Dixon brothers) who was maintained at the general meeting Saturday morning of the April 2025 General Conference, began serving on August 1st.
Perfectionism when focusing on the Savior
Born and raised in Provo, Utah, the Dixon brothers Dixon read the Book of Mormon at the age of 14.
With the beginning of his growing testimony, a bit of perfectionism came into being, thinking that love for the Lord needed to perfect him, he said. With the help of his father, he quickly realized the importance of focusing on his Savior in his place.
“It took me a little time to learn that,” he said. “But when I got older and began to understand the tone sin of Jesus Christ, that perfectionism simply left, and I focused more on growth and progress.
Sister Dixon sees the same with many young men and young women she interacts with today, describing herself as an uneasy and self-conscious teenager. The way she advises them, “Look at God for your identity and purpose.” “Be patient with yourself. The Lord knows you are young and you are learning.”
The Dixon brothers later served on the Toronto Canada Mission, where they taught in both English and Spanish on the Metropolitan Crucible-based mission. “It was amazing – I have a list of friends I taught from all over the world,” he said.
line up
After his mission, he attended Brigham Young University and met M’shelle Lundquist on the first day of class. Two semesters later, they married on May 14, 1992 at Salt Lake Temple. They are parents of five children, ages 31 to 21.
“Our joke “line” is that while most people today meet others online, we met “side down,” the Dixon brothers said.
Added by Sister Dixon: “I think we’re just people who haven’t complained about the long line at BYU.”
CES Work and Mission Leadership
After a bachelor’s degree in family science and a master’s degree in education, the Dixon brothers began what became a more than 30-year career in Utah County, first in 18 years at the seminary and institute teaching seminary. He was recently appointed regional director for the Utah South Institute area, where he served as director of the Utah Valley Religious Institute for 5 years before overseeing the institute from Utah County to St. George.
Sister Dixon has also recently taught seminary, including recently as an alternative teacher for a long time. “She is, herself, an incredible teacher,” the Dixon brothers said of his wife. “Together we cried out likewise in our faith, in our love for the young. We have been working together in the Lord’s work of our entire lives.”
He described her as “vibrant, enthusiastic, extroverted and oozing out with love for people,” adding that he expects “she will rush to the youth” when traveling to service and educational opportunities.
From 2016 to 2019, brothers and sisters Dixon led the California Redlands Mission. About a third of the mission force known as Spanish speakers, President Dixon was able to teach, train missionaries and use his youth’s mission language in his interactions with local members and units. They said they view their time with missionaries as the most transformative year of their lives.
Sister Dixon said: “It was a joy in our lives. We love the young people of the church and believe in them.”
“Why us?”
Brother Dixon remembered being “top the floor” by his new calling, and felt a mix of “humility” and “excitement” for his love for the youth of the church.
“It was just a huge combination of emotions, but as the Lord assures me, I felt there was a lot of peace coming. So at this point, that’s what we’re doing. We just trust in the Lord and His greatness, and we believe that he will do his job.”
Sister Dixon considers herself to be “normal in most parts of our lives,” saying, “How does the Lord know us and our family?” and “Why us?”
She then said, “The Lord uses us in more ways than we would expect,” and Brother Dixon said he could bring much to his new calling, especially education, education and training.
“He spent his life in the Bible, both in Scripture and in employment,” she said. “And outside of them, he lives by the word of God.”
She added: “But I think his greatest attribute is his love and dedication to the youth and young people in the church,” she said. “And it all starts with love.”
Counseling to his young self and young man
If he could go back and advise and encourage his younger self, what would the Dixon brothers tell teen Sean Dixon? And yes, he knows that such advice coincides with what he teaches to young men and their leaders in his new leadership calling.
“I just say it’s all about securing myself to Jesus Christ through the covenant,” he said.
“Continue focusing your life on him and his restored gospel. The Book of Mormon will be one of your greatest tools in doing that.”
– Brother Sean R. Dixon, second counselor, young male general presidential position
“One key to that age is to start a relationship with your Heavenly Father through prayer, so that your prayer is not to check boxes or go through routines, but to build a relationship. As you mature, it softens your heart and becomes enthusiastically sensitive to what the Lord asks you.”
The Dixon brothers will also advise young people that they don’t have a better time than they are now. “There’s great power when we serve our peers,” he said. He says that the average authorities say, “Are you the type who walks into a room and says, ‘I’m here’ or ‘I’m there’? When I hear “, I remember my time as a missionary.
Again, to his young self and the counselling of other young people, Brother Dixon said, “I say to myself, “Become a man who notices people. Respect God and look out to others.
About the Sean R. Dixon brothers
Family: Sean Romney Dixon was born on May 5, 1970 in Provo, Utah, the son of Donald Romney Dixon and Diane Scott Dixon. He married M’shelle Lundquist on May 14, 1992 at Salt Lake Temple. They are parents of five children.
Education: He received his Bachelor’s degree in Family Science from Brigham Young University and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Phoenix.
Employment: For 30 years, he worked in various seminary and institute duties for many years, including a longtime Utah County seminary teacher and director of the Utah Valley Religious Institute. He is currently the director of the Utah South Institute area and oversees the institutes from Orem to St. George.
Church Service: He served as president of the stakes at the Spanish Folk Utah East at the time of his call. He is a former president of Redlands, California, a stake presidency counselor, bishop, bishop counselor, president of Ward Youngman, and a full-time missionary for the Toronto Mission Canada.
